How did the song come together?

One of my mates Liam McGorry (who writes and plays in bands Saskwatch and Dorsal Fins) sent me a few instrumental demos to play around with. I remember the first time I heard the Let U B instrumental – it was this unassuming electric piano with finger clicks as the only percussion but there was something so big and powerful about it. It felt heavy and aching but soaring at the same time. That was the vibe I felt out as we developed the track.

What was the inspiration behind this track?

The chord progression and clicks already had such a specific mood and feeling to me, so I just hit record and started singing whatever melodies and lyrics the music was inspiring in me. It’s about a situation where you’re seeing someone but you’re both seeing other people too and it starts to hurt but you can’t walk away.

What was the process of making the song like?

I recorded quite a rough demo using the original instrumental that Liam had sent to me. The form was just an intro, a verse and a chorus and I’d sort of imagined it being a bit of an interlude on the album. Everyone in the band was vibing it, so a few weeks before we went into the studio for final arrangement and mixing sessions, I wrote and recorded a second verse to extend it to be a full song. I knew I wanted it to be big and grand so we spent some time in the studio with John Castle developing it. We kept it relatively simple with the vocals up front and added some huge sounding electronic drums as well as a tambourine recording edited to sound like a trap beat. We also layered the chords on a Juno synth which broadened the tone of the chords and made it sound whirring and stirring.